Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . the Upper Cretaceous (Belly River beds)as exposed in the bad-lands for ten miles along this stream. Later,in August, camp was moved some fifty miles south on the Two Medi-cine River, and two weeks were spent working in the same geologicalformation. Taking into consideration the short time at the disposal of theparty, the results of the expedition were most gratifying. Between ^Smithsonian ^lisc. Coll., Vol. 60. No. 27, U. S. National Ahiseum. \ol. 4Q. No. 2014, 1913. xo. SMITHSONIAN , I913
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . the Upper Cretaceous (Belly River beds)as exposed in the bad-lands for ten miles along this stream. Later,in August, camp was moved some fifty miles south on the Two Medi-cine River, and two weeks were spent working in the same geologicalformation. Taking into consideration the short time at the disposal of theparty, the results of the expedition were most gratifying. Between ^Smithsonian ^lisc. Coll., Vol. 60. No. 27, U. S. National Ahiseum. \ol. 4Q. No. 2014, 1913. xo. SMITHSONIAN , I913 19 500 and 600 separate fossil Ijones were obtained, many of them oflarge size. The most notable discovery was a new Ceratopsian orhorned dinosaur, the smallest of its kind known. There were por-tions of five individuals of this animal recovered, representing nearlyall jjaris of the skeleton, so that it will be possible to mount a com-jjosite skeleton for exhibition. In this connection, it is perhaps ofinterest to know that, although Ceratopsian fossils were first dis-. l-i(,. 20.—Fossil beds as exposed on Milk River. Montana. The smallCeratopsian dinosaur was found in the breaks in the foreground. Photo-graph !)}• Gilmore. covered in the Rocky Mountain region in 1855. and portions of ahundred or more skeletons have been collected, this is the first indi-vidual to be found having a complete articulated tail and hind thus contributes greatly to our knowledge of the skeletal anatomyof this interesting group of extinct reptiles. .Another noteworthy find was a partial skeleton of one of theTrachodont or duck-l)illed dinosaurs. This animal was only recently ^ Mr. Gilmores description of this reptile is to 1)e found in theSmithsonian Misc. Vol. 63, Xo. 3. 1914. 20 S^riTHSOXIAX ^IISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 63
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